LOS ANGELES, March 31, 1999 -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced today that the following individuals
have been appointed to ICANN's Independent Review Advisory Committee:

Linda Wilson, Chair (United States)

Mads Bryde Andersen (Denmark)

Ryozo Hayashi (Japan)

Ethan Katsh (United States)

Hans Kraaijenbrink (Netherlands)

Jorge Plano (Argentina)

Peter Dengate Thrush (New Zealand)

Jorge Vega (Peru)

Brief biographical information about the Committee members is set forth
below.

Expressions of interest were received from over fifty individuals in
response to ICANN's invitation, which was posted on the ICANN website
and distributed to the relevant mailing lists on March 5.

Those selected meet the goals of geographic diversity and useful professional
experience. The board appreciates the willingness of so many people
to participate in this important endeavor, and encourages all to provide
feedback and expertise for the committee when its recommendations are
posted for public comment.

This committee, called for in the ICANN
Bylaws, will advise the ICANN Board on the creation of a structure
for independent third party review of decisions of the ICANN Board of
Directors. The committee's work will begin immediately.

ICANN offers sincere thanks to all of the enthusiastic and qualified
individuals who expressed interest in joining the committee.

Linda S. Wilson is currently the seventh president of Radcliffe College
at Harvard University. She also serves as an ICANN Director. Previously,
was vice president for research at the University of Michigan. She is
a Trustee of the General Hospital Corporation of the Massachusetts General
Hospital. She is also on the Board of Directors for Citizens Financial
Group, Inc.

Ms. Wilson has served on the National Commission on Research and was
chair of its subcommittee on accountability. She was a member of the
Director's Advisory Council of the National Science Foundation for nine
years. As a member of the Council of the Institute of Medicine, she
chaired its Finance Committee, and served on its Committee on Government-
Industry Research Collaboration in Biomedical Research and Education.
She is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy
of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science.

Ms. Wilson received a Bachelor's degree from Sophie Newcomb College,
Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University
of Wisconsin. She received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from
Newcomb College, Tulane University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters
from the University of Maryland.

MADS BRYDE ANDERSEN (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Dr. Mads Bryde Andersen is a professor of private law at the University
of Copenhagen and author or editor of several books and articles on
contract law, intellectual property law and IT law. For a number of
years has been working actively with legislative issues regarding electronic
commerce, in Denmark (where, among other things, he is chairing the
Danish Government's IT Security Council) as well as in the EU, the ICC
and the OECD. In the years 1997-1998 he was the chairman of the UNCITRAL
Working Party on Electronic Commerce.

RYOZO HAYASHI (Tokyo, Japan)

Ryozo Hayashi is Director-General for Machinery and Information Industry
Policy at the Machinery and Information Industry Bureau of Japan's Ministry
of International Trade and Industry.

Mr. Hayashi received an L.L.B. from Kyoto University in 1970, and an
L.L.M. from Harvard Law School in 1976. In 1991, Mr. Hayashi served
as a Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Business and Government
of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1994,
Mr. Hayashi was Visiting Lecturer in the Law Department of Kyoto University.

ETHAN KATSH (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA)

Ethan Katsh is Director of the Center for Information Technology and
Dispute Resolution and a Professor of Legal Studies at the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is author of two books on law and technology,
The Electronic Media and The Transformation of Law (Oxford University
Press, 1989) and Law in a Digital World (Oxford University Press, 1995),
as well as articles that have appeared in many law reviews and periodicals.
He is a graduate of the Yale Law School and is co-founder of the Online
Ombuds Office, a project funded by the Hewlett Foundation to explore
dispute resolution in cyberspace.

HANS KRAAIJENBRINK (The Hague, Netherlands)

Hans Kraaijenbrink is a Member of the Executive Board of ETNO, the
European Telecommunications Network Operators association, located in
Brussels. He is also Manager, European Policy and Regulation with Royal
KPN N.V., the Netherlands where he is responsible for European and international
regulatory strategic affairs. He is a Member of the ICANN Board of Directors.

Previously, he worked for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, responsible
for information technology and the services sectors, and for the Ministry
of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. He was also a member
of the management team of the Telecommunications and Posts Directorate
in the initial phase of the Dutch Telecommunications Regulator. Mr.
Kraaijenbrink graduated from Delft University (1966).

JORGE PLANO (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Jorge Plano is adviser of the Camara Argentina de Bases de Datos y
Servicios en Linea (CABASE). He is professor at the Universidad Tecnologica
Nacional, Buenos Aires and member of the board of the Fundacion Ictys.
He is engaged in the study and diffusion of the social impact of the
digital and network technologies and was an organizer of the IFWP-LA&C
Buenos Aires where he acted as scribe in some sessions. He was National
Director of Informatics Policies at the government of Argentina (1989-96).
In the 80s he worked in consultancy on information systems and technological
development in the computer industry. Previously he held managerial
positions in data processing in international companies and the state
administration. Mr. Plano is graduated in Information Systems.

PETER DENGATE THRUSH (Wellington, New Zealand)

Peter Dengate Thrush is a barrister, in practice in New Zealand, specialising
in intellectual property, IT and competition causes. He has been counsel
to Internet New Zealand, and its operating company Domainz, since their
inception in 1995/6. He is a former member of the New Zealand volleyball
team, and currently a director of Innovus Ltd, a consulting and software
development team. He is an expert on intellectual property rights of
indigenous peoples.

JORGE VEGA (Lima, Peru)

Jorge Vega is the General Manager partner at the law firm Estudio Osterling,
Arias-Schreiber, Vega, Orbegoso & Asociados.

Born in Lima, Peru in 1944, Mr. Vega was educated at the Catholic University
of Peru and admitted to Peruvian bar in 1969, Peru. Mr. Vega concentrates
in Civil, Banking, Corporate, Litigation, Constitutional Law, International
Contracts, Real Estate and general legal practice.